tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50197622019-03-21T07:21:03.837-04:00Threads of a Tatting GoddessA journal of my adventures in tatting lace. Tips and tricks and inspiration......
Blog Contents Copyright 2002-2011 Regina A. BrummettGinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17127914310809216760noreply@blogger.comBlogger1492125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5019762.post-3888528125274310992012-02-04T22:23:00.003-05:002012-02-04T22:31:41.784-05:00I took a class today with the wonderful watercolorist Rena Brouwer! Unfortunately, I didn't do it justice. She gave lots of great tips and advice - I just couldn't get into it that much today. I don't like my building at all but I'll try again.Last night I finally worked on this week's TAST. I particularly like the Herringbone stitch done with two threads or more. It creates a nice texture Ginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17127914310809216760noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5019762.post-40943727543051559452012-01-30T17:58:00.000-05:002012-01-30T17:59:02.043-05:00Kim Millar's Lover's Knot pattern from the Wayback Machine! I've been meaning to tat this heart since I printed it out in July of 2002. It could use some tweaking. The single crochet braid is like mini-ricrac. Kim came up with several patterns using crocheted braids. The pattern on the wayback machine no longer has the photos, which includes a diagram of the heart so feel free to add this image Ginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17127914310809216760noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5019762.post-49464624723089337342012-01-29T11:13:00.003-05:002012-01-29T15:50:40.630-05:00Anonymous commentsEver since I changed the way my comment window shows up, I've gotten tons of anonymous spam comments. They're really annoying. One was a friend so I hate not to allow anonymous comments but I think I'm going to have to go there. I'll be glad when Blogger fixes their glitches as I didn't have that problem with the embedded comment format. I still reject them before they appear but it's a pain Ginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17127914310809216760noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5019762.post-60564406083296344102012-01-26T18:11:00.002-05:002012-01-26T18:22:26.497-05:00Pansy shuttle!No tatting. I got discouraged with the calf and have not decided what I want to do next. I've been working on other stitching and laces and just haven't felt inspired to tat.I do have to say I broke down and ordered this Pansy Shuttle from La Cossette after lusting for it for a few years. I got a Lily of the Valley one through my lace guild last year but this is the one I really wanted. It Ginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17127914310809216760noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5019762.post-61961484739553487002012-01-20T21:32:00.002-05:002012-01-20T21:47:42.409-05:00Another Gingko LeafThis one is for a leaf project with my lace guild - but now that I've scanned it, I plan to make a better one for the project. I knew the last chain seemed long for some reason and my corner didn't look too good either. This is really not that hard of a pattern and quick to tat but it looks like I'm going to have to tat it more than once or twice to get it to look good!It's been super cold the Ginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17127914310809216760noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5019762.post-1675968336910173402012-01-17T21:45:00.003-05:002012-01-17T21:59:45.656-05:00Oops! One of my half-moon rings turned back during blocking!This is a pattern by Yarnplayer. I've been meaning to make it for some time. It reminds me of a butterfly shape and I've considered leaving off the top rings and stem next time. I'll also rewrite it so I won't have to keep shuffling between papers. That slowed me down considerably! I think she captured the gingko leaf shape Ginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17127914310809216760noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5019762.post-38305159070883777372012-01-15T10:52:00.001-05:002012-01-15T10:52:42.119-05:00HumorGinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17127914310809216760noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5019762.post-6336272138231081132012-01-13T14:03:00.001-05:002012-01-13T14:04:37.222-05:00Doily Done!It worked out to 11 inches square in size 20 thread. The directions claimed 7 1/2 inches square but they must have used a smaller thread.There aren't a lot of tatted pineapple patterns available but I did find a few. Here is one by Doretha Albee, Pineapple Heaven, at http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art1766.asp">Bellaonline.com.There are six patterns HERE by Teri Dusenbury. They include a bagGinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17127914310809216760noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5019762.post-67132438752064816532012-01-12T09:58:00.003-05:002012-01-12T10:15:23.773-05:00I've really appreciated all your wonderfully supportive comments and thoughtful prayers. Life is good!I've been really busy this week but most of it will go on my lace blog. I'm almost done with the pineapple square doily - one more round which I hope to do today, block and then show tomorrow. Please don't ask me to share the pattern. I cited the source in the post.I met with my lace friend SallyGinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17127914310809216760noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5019762.post-5488156371456867932012-01-09T19:30:00.003-05:002012-01-09T19:53:09.574-05:00The Best News!Photo by Jim SorbieI saw my doctor today. I haven't posted anything about it but last fall it was discovered I had early stage small cell cancer in my left lung. After some pretty aggressive treatment during September - December, I'm officially in remission! That was the expectation, but still, I didn't want to constantly field questions while undergoing treatment. I go back to work in February.Ginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17127914310809216760noreply@blogger.com52tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5019762.post-27284921702861001902012-01-08T10:50:00.002-05:002012-01-08T11:10:20.753-05:00A few years ago, someone emailed and asked me to try to tat a pineapple from a very old vintage pattern. The instructions were somehow wrong and no matter how I tried, I could not get it to come out.A few years before that, I'd been fortunate enough to view in person the pineapple tatting by Camelia Crapo. She has made it an art form.You might remember I've mentioned I don't like to tat doilys. IGinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17127914310809216760noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5019762.post-57476640880008228612012-01-06T14:59:00.003-05:002012-01-06T15:19:42.868-05:00TAST started this week and I finished my first stitch page. You can read about the details on my lace blog.Yeah....I just wanted a picture in this post!I've been tatting but it's for T.A.T. and I can't show it. Which I think is dumb. I understand about not passing the patterns on but I do think it would help their cause if they allowed participants to show what they are doing. I still haven't Ginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17127914310809216760noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5019762.post-46901843471782841252011-12-31T20:41:00.002-05:002011-12-31T20:51:03.383-05:00I've been tatting rosettes again. I have plans for them when I take Karen's Embroider, Embellish, Create class! I'm also taking part in TAST, Take a Stitch Tuesday, and between the two, I'll find even more new ways to use tatting as an embellishment.May you all carry over the good of 2011 into 2012 and make it even better!Ginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17127914310809216760noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5019762.post-39543261246378113002011-12-27T18:44:00.003-05:002011-12-27T18:53:53.094-05:00I decided to do something a little different today and bought some decaf Earl Grey which has a nice smell to it. I've brewed a pot for iced tea and it's in the fridge cooling now.I've read 8 of the 12 Laura Childs' teashop mysteries and the constant talk about different tea flavors got me motivated. I also got some iced tea from McAllister's today which is sooooooo good.No tatting yet today but Ginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17127914310809216760noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5019762.post-5538251064787549512011-12-25T23:34:00.001-05:002011-12-25T23:38:13.986-05:00Merry Christmas to all and to all a Good Night!Ginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17127914310809216760noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5019762.post-10686817808182713362011-12-20T09:47:00.000-05:002011-12-20T09:47:29.647-05:00Many years ago, when Maus hosted various tatting round robins, one that I participated in was a Christmas Round Robin. I tatted this rocking horse for one of the participants and always thought I'd make one for myself. Well, yesterday was that day!The pattern is from Pam Palmer's Tatting Treats Two. I see Deb Arnold is selling it for $15.00 and I'm sure many of the tatting vendors also still Ginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17127914310809216760noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5019762.post-21084956923754678752011-12-18T20:12:00.006-05:002011-12-18T20:30:36.888-05:00We had our family Christmas today at a local clubhouse. It was great seeing all my family together. We had a White Elephant exchange that was laughingly well-received. One son asked if we were going to do it again next year - he is determined to bring his gift back - a huge stuffed Santa.I haven't been tatting much or else the tatting was something I can't show yet. I tatted this bookmark Ginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17127914310809216760noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5019762.post-50340556349857518112011-12-08T11:39:00.002-05:002011-12-08T11:45:23.135-05:00Blogger says my post published but it's not even in my published posts. It may show up tomorrow and I'll have to delete one!Jane Eborall kindly sent me a sample of the Pink Cocoa in Lizbeth and it just happened to match some of my clothing perfectly so I tatted it up in my Beginner's Beaded Blossom Brooch. Do you know how hard it is to find brown beads? I ended up using a glass 11/0 in brown Ginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17127914310809216760noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5019762.post-8412452540849965542011-12-06T20:19:00.002-05:002011-12-06T20:27:05.024-05:00Unfortunately, I've either not been tatting or when I did, it ended up in the wastebasket. I've been without the Net for quite awhile today. I finally unplugged everything and let it reset which worked but I was beginning to wonder. My TV signal is still not coming in right. I guess it's just being one of those weeks!My tree last year broke and I've been deliberating on what to do this year. I Ginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17127914310809216760noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5019762.post-28485216337097204192011-11-28T21:34:00.003-05:002011-12-03T07:19:55.845-05:00Years ago when I first started tatting, I found this tatted bow in Old-Time Crochet (Summer, 1994) in an article by Rebecca Hollenbaugh. I thought it was her pattern but as I read the article today, I found the pattern was originally in Better Living, April 1952. No author was credited.I've always wanted to tat this bow but it looks a bit complicated and if I'm going to go to all that trouble, I Ginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17127914310809216760noreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5019762.post-19208659753350072182011-11-27T10:39:00.002-05:002011-11-27T10:52:07.747-05:00The motif on the left is from Patty Duff's Minitats. The other tat is just to get the thread off my shuttle. The amount needed was not as much as she had stated in the book but I noted it for future reference.The thread is Lizbeth Christmas size 20. I already know I don't like this colorway but I tried one more time. It's time to find a new home for it but that will have to wait until after theGinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17127914310809216760noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5019762.post-14860939666598008092011-11-22T11:40:00.000-05:002011-11-22T11:40:25.185-05:00Angels and NeedlebooksI started this Praying Angel from Nine Tatted Angels by Monica Hahn last night and finished it up this morning. I know the I.O.L.I. Library has a copy but I'm not sure it's available elsewhere anymore.Most of Monica's angels tend to have pointy wings and I like rounded or gently sloped wings. She likes to use clunies for the hands too but not being a very cluny-oriented person lately, I decidedGinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17127914310809216760noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5019762.post-89758385734199918562011-11-20T21:10:00.000-05:002011-11-20T21:10:13.619-05:00#25 in 25 Motif ChallengeYes, I'm done, The End.These are Figures 20 and 21 of Plate III to complete the final motif!I've gotten more detailed with this last one. I used split rings and split chains and switched shuttles quite a bit as I threw rings off of chains. You can use rings for the outer round or take liberty with the pattern as I did and make them Josephine Rings instead. Use 2 shuttles, with 6 yards on the mainGinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17127914310809216760noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5019762.post-45595561520459343652011-11-18T06:00:00.001-05:002011-11-18T06:00:09.871-05:00#24 in 25 Motif ChallengeHere's Figures 18 and 19 of Plate III for the #24 Motif in the 25 Motif Challenge.Pattern link is here: Plate III Figure 18 Medallion Pattern.Pattern link is here: Plate III Figure 19 Medallion Pattern.Ginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17127914310809216760noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5019762.post-58403382530955941262011-11-17T06:00:00.001-05:002011-11-17T06:00:02.381-05:00Mary's Butterfly StatsThis time I did my homework. The butterfly is all rings so it matters how much thread is on the shuttle. I've found that 25 winds around a Clover shuttle is about one yard. I couldn't remember how much I wound the last time so I wound plenty this time, about six yards worth. Well....80-90 turns will complete the butterfly and leave a 10-12 inch tail for sewing. That's a tiny bit less than Ginahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17127914310809216760noreply@blogger.com9